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Vicor Corporation just bumped its second-quarter 2026 revenue guidance to $142 million, up from the $126 million it projected barely a month ago. That’s a $16 million upgrade in five weeks, driven by stronger product sales and a fresh stream of royalty income from a new licensee of its patented power conversion technology. For a company that makes the kinds of power modules most people never think about, the kind buried inside data center racks and defense systems, that’s a meaningful jump. It suggests demand isn’t just holding steady. It’s accelerating. The numbers behind the revision The original $126 million…

Ethereum maintained its position as the largest smart-contract network with TVL consistently above $42 billion, while stablecoin liquidity remained above $164 billion throughout the week. Solana continued to dominate on-chain activity, processing 74-80 million daily transactions and recording some of the highest perpetual futures volumes among major blockchains. BSC Chain (BSC) demonstrated strong retail participation, averaging over 2.6 million active addresses and reaching 18.1 million daily transactions during the week. TRON remained the undisputed leader in stablecoin settlements, holding nearly $91 billion in stablecoin market capitalization and generating the highest protocol revenue among major chains. Bitcoin showed resilience despite market…

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has suggested that Asian countries are likely to accumulate Bitcoin reserves in a discreet manner, pointing to cultural and strategic differences compared to Western nations. Speaking at a recent industry event, Zhao argued that the prevailing narrative of cryptocurrency disrupting traditional finance is fundamentally inaccurate, and warned that banks ignoring the technology risk obsolescence. Quiet Accumulation and Cultural Mindset Zhao emphasized that Asian governments and institutions tend to operate with a longer-term, less publicly declarative approach to strategic asset accumulation. Rather than making grand announcements about Bitcoin adoption, Zhao posited that these nations may prefer to…

The crypto market is flashing signs of a potential recovery from its prolonged volatility phase; however, Ethereum has continued to decline despite positive trading metrics. Latest analysis from Cryptoquant shows that Ethereum is witnessing aggressive buying activity across both spot and futures markets, but the momentum has failed to halt its price decline. Ethereum risks losing $2,000 Notably, Cryptoquant provided data revealing that Ethereum has declined from about $2,375 on May 11 to nearly $2,031 as of May 23. This marks a decrease of 14.5% in the price of Ethereum in just less than two weeks, posing its price at…

OpenAI is barreling toward what could be one of the most consequential IPOs in tech history. The company could be valued at as much as $850 billion, a number that makes the governance questions feel less like academic exercises and more like material risks for future shareholders. The conflict-of-interest questions Republican state attorneys general from six states have asked the SEC to review Sam Altman and OpenAI for potential conflicts of interest ahead of the public offering. GOP letters to the SEC allege that Altman encouraged OpenAI to invest in Helion Energy and Stoke Space, two companies in which he…

Charles Hoskinson has warned that rejecting a major funding proposal could weaken the scientific foundation that has defined Cardano for more than a decade. His remarks surfaced during a community debate over decentralized governance after some Japanese delegated representatives (dReps) voted against a key research proposal submitted by Input Output Global (IOG). Key Points Charles Hoskinson warned that rejecting a major research funding proposal could weaken Cardano’s scientific foundation. The Cardano founder revealed that Japanese delegated representatives voted against a research proposal submitted by Input Output. The disputed proposal is titled “Cardano Vision 2026: Human Centered, Scalable, Post Quantum Secure…

Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency questioning nine bank charter applications. The names on that list included Coinbase, Ripple, and Paxos. But analysts tracking the letter noticed something specific about how it was structured. For those watching the CLARITY Act negotiations closely, the positioning was not subtle. Warren was not conducting a routine regulatory inquiry. She was sending a signal about which company she considers the biggest threat to the existing banking order. Why Ripple Specifically Experts like Paul Barron said that Warren is not attacking Ripple because of what Ripple…

In brief Crypto trading platform KuCoin is building out its presence in the Australian market through regulated compliance and new products. With recent research finding that some 22% of Australians now hold digital assets, the firm has launched crypto debit card KuCard in Australia, enabling users to make direct payments through Mastercard’s global network. Initially launched as a virtual card, KuCard enables transactions to be completed using $USDC, with 37 trading pairs involving the stablecoin accepted at launch. Crypto trading platform KuCoin is betting big on Australia, ramping up investment and unveiling new products designed to help consumers use digital…

TeraWulf Inc. just bought itself another massive plot of Kentucky real estate, and this one could eventually house more than a gigawatt of data center capacity. The Nasdaq-listed company acquired the Muskie Data Campus, a hyperscale AI and high-performance computing site in Eastern Kentucky, from Industrial Equity Partners. The deal expands TeraWulf’s total development pipeline by roughly 36%. For a company that started life as a Bitcoin miner, that’s a pretty deliberate pivot toward the business of powering artificial intelligence. What TeraWulf is actually building The Muskie Data Campus sits on approximately 285 acres within the 1,000-acre EastPark Industrial Park…

George Town, Cayman Islands, May 25th, 2026, Chainwire SimpleSwap is integrating with Monad, enabling assets to be moved into the ecosystem directly, without reliance on third parties or complex bridge setups. Importance Assets are scattered across dozens of networks. With the launch of a new L1, access to the ecosystem is a primary consideration. SimpleSwap streamlines this process; enabling asset movement while maintaining full user control throughout. Key Features Self-custody throughout. Assets are sent from a user-owned address and received to a user-owned address, with access to exchange-level rates along the way. No repeated verification. Account creation or sign-up is…